Blast hits outside U.S. embassy in Tunisia
At least one militant on a motorbike blew himself up outside the U.S. embassy in Tunisia on Friday, wounding police officers, witnesses said, in the country’s most serious attack in months.
EU rejects Turkey’s use of migrants for ‘political purposes’: foreign ministers
Turkey’s decision to open its border with Greece to migrants, ignoring its 2016 migration deal with the European Union, is not acceptable and any such political pressure will be rejected, EU foreign ministers said on Friday.
‘Left to the dogs’: migrants at Turkey-Greece border lose hope
When Sawsan al-Musawa heard last week that President Tayyip Erdogan had opened Turkey’s borders for migrants to cross into Europe, the Syrian mother of four left a refugee camp in eastern Turkey and headed west to the Greek border.
Coronavirus fraud: UK victims lose 800,000 pounds in scams
Victims in the United Kingdom have lost more than 800,000 pounds ($1 million) to coronavirus-linked scams since last month, with criminals tricking fearful people who wanted to buy protective masks, police said on Friday.
Zambian president says church leaders inciting reprisals for chemical spray attacks
More than 50 people in Zambia have been killed in mob violence in response to a spate of poision spray attacks, President Edgar Lungu said on Friday, blaming church leaders for encouraging some of the reprisals.
Coronavirus wreaks financial havoc as infections near 100,000
Business districts around the world began to empty and stock markets tumbled on Friday as the number of coronavirus infections neared 100,000 and the economic damage wrought by the outbreak intensified.
Pope accepts resignation of cardinal Barbarin amid sex abuse case
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of French cardinal Philippe Barbarin who had been caught up in a sex abuse case, the archbishop of Reims said in a statement.
Deadly clashes erupt in Syria’s Idlib hours into ceasefire deal
Deadly clashes erupted in southern Idlib on Friday, hours into a ceasefire deal between Russia and Turkey aimed at ending the fighting in the last rebel-held enclave in Syria.
Erdogan says military posts in Syria’s Idlib will stand after ceasefire
Turkey’s military observation posts in Syria’s Idlib will retain their current status with the Russian-Turkish ceasefire deal, President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying by his office on Friday, adding the agreement laid the groundwork for the normal…
South Korea says to suspend visa waivers, existing visas for Japan: foreign ministry
South Korea said on Friday it will halt visa waivers for Japan in response to travel restrictions imposed by Tokyo, as coronavirus containment measures ignited a diplomatic row between the two Asian nations.
